{"id":20559,"date":"2026-09-23T13:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/?page_id=20559"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:29:37","slug":"2026-japan-week-participants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/2026-japan-week-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Japan Week Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank you to all our incredible guest speakers, performers, and exhibitors for sharing your time, talent, and passion \u2014 this event wouldn’t be the same without you!<\/p>\n

Click on the arrows to see the links for a presenter, exhibitor, or performer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allen Nakamoto<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: History of Japanese Americans<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Arisa Nakamura<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Manga Drawing Workshop (Tuesday, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

BC XR Lab<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: “Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Tour” (Film)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Cascade Kendo Kai<\/span><\/strong>
Martial Art (Kendo)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Echo Chorus<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em>
Musical Performance<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Evergreen Glee Club<\/span><\/strong>
Musical Performance<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Haiku Northwest<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hiroko Nagatomo<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Sumie: Calligraphy Painting Workshop (Thursday, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hoshu Dojo (Shindo Muso-ryu Jodo)<\/span><\/strong>
Martial Art (Jodo)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Ichigo Ichie Foundation \/ Chanoyu Seattle Omotesenke-ryu<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Tea Ceremony Demonstrations<\/em><\/summary>\n

Ichigo Ichie Foundation<\/span>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omotesenke Domonkai Eastern Region USA<\/span>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Ikebana International – Seattle Chapter 19<\/span><\/strong>
All-Day: Ikebana Display
Presentation: Ikebana Display & Demonstration<\/em><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan-America Society of the State of Washington<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: 2,000 Years of Japanese History<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan America Transportation Historical Organization<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan Business Association of Seattle (Shunjukai)<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor
Presentation: History of Japanese Americans
Presentation: Japanese Business Etiquette: Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Kitchen Speciaties<\/span><\/strong>
Food Vendor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan Travel \/ Japan National Travel Organization<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

JIA Foundation<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Kress<\/span><\/strong>
Kendama Contest Judge \/ MC<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Joy Misato St. Germain<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: History of Japanese Americans<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Kazuma Jinnouchi<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Behind the Music: Composing for Games, Films, and Anime<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Koichi Kitazumi (Japan-America Society of the State of Washington)<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: 2,000 Years of Japanese History<\/em><\/summary>\n

Japan-America Society of the State of Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Living Voices<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Within the Silence: Incarceration Camp Experiences (Wednesday, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Miyauchi<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Furoshiki Workshop<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Mai Yuasa Suratos Dance Team<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Omikoshi & Yosakoi Parade<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Meito Shodo Kai Japanese Calligraphy Association<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor
All-Day: Calligraphy Hands-on Instruction<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Mimibunko<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Little Red Riding Hood: Another Story (Musical)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Musokai<\/span><\/strong>
Martial Art (Iaido)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Neely Mansion Association<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Nobuto Uruma (I Love Sushi Bellevue)<\/strong><\/span>
Presentation: Onigiri Making Workshop (Monday, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear Weapons Awareness<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition (Mon-Thurs, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Okinawan Kenjin Kai Chijinshuu of WA State<\/span><\/strong>
Taiko Performance<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Northwest Naginata Federation<\/span><\/strong>
Martial Art (Naginata \/ Tendoryu)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Pat Terhune-Inverso (BC Astronomy Faculty)<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Planetarium Storytime + Constellation Show<\/em><\/summary>\n

BC Astronomy<\/a>
Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Pikake School<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Omikoshi & Yosakoi Parade<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Prisca Kim <\/span>(Living Voices)<\/span><\/strong>
Presentation: Within the Silence: Incarceration Camp Experiences (Wednesday, Saturday)<\/em><\/summary>\n

Living Voices<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Puget Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts Roundtable<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor
All-Day: Origami<\/em><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Rain City Sumo<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Sakura-Con \/ Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Go Center<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor
All-Day: Indoor \/ Outdoor Games of Go<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Japanese Garden<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Kimono Club<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em>
Presentation: Kimono 101 Workshop<\/em><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Kokon Taiko<\/span><\/strong>
Taiko Performance<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Sugimoto Tea Company<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Tanimoto Calligraphy Class<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor
All-Day: Calligraphy Hands-on Instruction<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Temple University, Japan Campus<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

TRES Sandwich Food Truck<\/span><\/strong>
Food Vendor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

The Kenjinkai Clubs<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitors<\/em><\/summary>\n

Seattle Hiroshima Club<\/span>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Fukushima Club<\/span>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seattle-Tacoma Fukuoka Kenjinkai<\/span>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miyazaki Kenjinkai<\/span>
Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

The School of Taiko \/ Japan Creative Arts<\/span><\/strong>
Taiko Performance<\/em><\/summary>\n

Japan Creative Arts<\/span>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School of Taiko<\/span>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver Mikoshi Sakurakai Society<\/span><\/strong>
Special Event: Omikoshi & Yosakoi Parade<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Voice Library in Japanese<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em>
Presentation: Kamishibai Japanese Storytelling
Presentation: Planetarium Storytime + Constellation Show<\/em><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Yakult USA<\/span><\/strong>
Exhibitor<\/em><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a>
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